Kano (rapper)

Kane Robinson (born 21 May 1985), better known as Kano, is an English Grime MC and actor.

Biography

2000–2003: early years / Nasty Crew

Kano attended Langdon Secondary School, achieving a diploma in graphic design. In his younger years Kano was a promising footballer, representing Chelsea, West Ham United and Norwich City by the age of 13, but in the end he abandoned his sporting ambitions in favour of a musical career.

He joined N.A.S.T.Y. Crew (Natural Artistic Sounds Touching You) who were an east London-based Grime crew whose original line-up consisted of Kano, Jammer, D Double E, Ghetto, Stormin, Mak 10, Sharky Major & Hyper. N.A.S.T.Y Crew had a popular show on pirate radio station Deja Vu; airing Monday nights from 8pm to 10pm, the sets featuring established and up and coming special guests such as Dizzee Rascal, Durrty Goodz, Wiley etc.

Kano used the crews underground popularity as a springboard and left N.A.S.T.Y. His first solo track was "Boys Love Girls", produced in 2002, and was later taken to a studio and remastered by Dizzee Rascal. He was then signed as a solo artist and began work on his début solo album, Home Sweet Home.

Biography

She portrayed the role of Crystal Gordon in the first four series of ITVprisondrama series Bad Girls. After leaving the programme at the end of its fourth series she guest-starred in Holby City, Waking the Dead, Babyfather and daytime soap operaDoctors.
From February to September 2009 she appeared on the BBC soap opera EastEnders as Trina Johnson, estranged wife of Lucas Johnson. The character was killed off during a row with Lucas, who pushed her, impaling her throat on a rake. Brewster appeared in the 2009 Doctor Who special "The Waters of Mars" as Maggie Cain.
Sharon also appeared on the medical TV series "Body Story" in 1998. In the episode, Sharon played a club singer and influenza patient named Holly Jones. The episode documented the radical transformations her character's body went through in order to stop the influenza virus. In 2011, she appeared in all four episodes of TV drama Top Boy. Brewster originated the role of "C" in the play Crave by Sarah Kane.

She played the character Heather in Channel 4's Top Boy and joined the cast of EastEnders in 2012, making her first appearance as Kirsty Branning on 25 December 2012. She left the show on 9 January 2014. Wareing also played Delilah in the television series The Bible in 2013. Wareing joined the cast of Hollyoaks in summer 2015 as villain Ashley Davidson with her first episode airing on 7 September 2015. In a shock twist, Ashley was killed by the unknown Gloved Hand Killer as part of a ten-month long storyline which saw the unknown assailant kill various villagers. Ashley's last appearance was aired on 19 October 2015, during the twentieth anniversary week of the show.

Top Boy

Top Boy is a British television crime drama series that was first broadcast on Channel 4. Season 1 was broadcast over consecutive nights, from 31 October to 3 November 2011. Set on the fictional Summerhouse housing estate in Hackney, East London, the series follows the lives of a group of people involved in drug dealing and street gangs. A second series began airing on 20 August 2013 on Channel 4. The series aims to provide an insight into life in London estates, and how drugs affect everyone living there.

Ashley Walters has confirmed that the show will not be returning for a 3rd series but that some of the characters will be in his new show on which he is currently working.

Premise and plot

Series One

The series follows the plight of Ra'Nell as he navigates the pitfalls of living in a crime filled area after his mother, Lisa, is committed to a mental hospital. The story also follows the rise of local drug dealers Dushane and Sully, and the tough decisions they must make to stay alive and in business.

Ashley Walters

Ashley Walters (born 30 June 1982), better known by his stage name Asher D, is an English rapper and actor best known for his star role as Ricky in Bullet Boy (2004) and his role as Antoine in Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005).

Early life

Walters was born in Peckham, south-east London, to Caribbean parents. He was raised by his mother, Pamela Case, a local government officer. He attended St. Georges CE Primary School, Camberwell, from the age of four.

Music career

Walters joined the group So Solid Crew, where under the moniker Asher D he both performed and acted as lyricist, particularly for their number-one hit "21 Seconds".

After the group split, in 2006 he recorded In Memory of the Street Fighter, featuring the single "Andrea". He released a studio album in 2008 entitled The Appetiser, a 12-track album produced with Laurence Ezra. In early 2012, Walters signed a recording contract with the independent record label SK Records. His single "How You Like Me Now" was released on 29 July 2012, followed up by "Your Love" released on 12 November 2012, featuring vocals from Alesha Dixon.

Early life

During 1991 a family friend who happened to photograph local events introduced Walters to photography. In 1996 Walters received his first 35mm compact film camera. Once Walters obtained a computer in high school, experimentation with digital image manipulation was possible.

Education

Walters matriculated in 2000 from the technical St. Andrews High School before moving on to business in college. Walters has achieved a Bachelor of Fine Art with Distinction (2011) from the University of Cape Town's Michaelis School of Fine Art. Walters is currently undertaking the second year of a Masters in Fine Art at Michaelis.

Work

"Revolves around the mechanics of social ordering and explores relationships between social constructs and spatiality".

Top Boy

A thriving but underground drugs business is being run by Dushane ('Ashley Walters') and his friend Sully ('Kane Robinson' (qv)) to become the richest men on the block. To live rich Dushane and Sully go into partnership with top don Bobby Raikes ('Geoff Bell (I)'). Rivalry with Kamale ('Scorcher' (qv)) and his gang results in their loan from Raikes being stolen, and they swear revenge. Thirteen-year old Ra'Nell ('Malcolm Kamulete' (qv)) gradually gets lured into the gang and drug business as his mother Lisa ('Sharon Duncan-Brewster' (qv)) has a breakdown and is hospitalised - with devastating consequences.

Top Boy

Try to get to my flat and I see him talkingTriple up my paceGot me speed walkingNothing gets under my feet like his evil eyeGotta get past them allOn the insideI fall and I leap and I'm freakin' outNowhere near my place, and I know that they've see me nowMy lace got caught and it brought me downNow he's right above me and shouting out...Your now talking to the topboy ofBoxmoor flats and I am kicking offYour now talking to the topboy ofBoxmoor flats and I am kicking offYou stepped on my turf and I see you walkingRumours all around, you've been breathe talkingNothing gets on my feet like your wasted kindSo don't be spitting rhymes on my timeStanding on your handNow your screaming outSo say it to my face if you've got something to shout aboutCall for your boysBut they ain't here nowDizzy in your eyesAs I hang you out to dryYour now talking to the topboy ofBoxmoor flats and I am kicking offYour now talking to the topboy ofBoxmoor flats and I am kicking offTopboy!You think your something don't ya!Well, these are all my runningsAnd soon your days are gonna end!Topboy!I've been here for a yearI know no-one can take meSo soon your days are gonna endBoy, your going downYour going downYour going downTried to get to my flat and I see him talkingQuickened up my paceI was speed walkingI never made it there to my blue front doorAnd now I'm lying here and there's claret on the floorYour now talking to the topboy ofBoxmoor flats and I am kicking offYour now talking to the topboy ofBoxmoor flats and I am kicking offTopboy!You think your something betterWell, these are all my runningsAnd soon your days are gonna endTopboy!I think your falling hereI don't know what I can say

Kano (rapper)

Kane Robinson (born 21 May 1985), better known as Kano, is an English Grime MC and actor.

Biography

2000–2003: early years / Nasty Crew

Kano attended Langdon Secondary School, achieving a diploma in graphic design. In his younger years Kano was a promising footballer, representing Chelsea, West Ham United and Norwich City by the age of 13, but in the end he abandoned his sporting ambitions in favour of a musical career.

He joined N.A.S.T.Y. Crew (Natural Artistic Sounds Touching You) who were an east London-based Grime crew whose original line-up consisted of Kano, Jammer, D Double E, Ghetto, Stormin, Mak 10, Sharky Major & Hyper. N.A.S.T.Y Crew had a popular show on pirate radio station Deja Vu; airing Monday nights from 8pm to 10pm, the sets featuring established and up and coming special guests such as Dizzee Rascal, Durrty Goodz, Wiley etc.

Kano used the crews underground popularity as a springboard and left N.A.S.T.Y. His first solo track was "Boys Love Girls", produced in 2002, and was later taken to a studio and remastered by Dizzee Rascal. He was then signed as a solo artist and began work on his début solo album, Home Sweet Home.

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